Tanks, the most fun war's ever seen!

Go Chicago Daily Tribune:
History was made on Sept. 15, 1916 as the first tank rolled across the French front's dead man's land. The Chicago Tribune had the real scoop, Fox-style!

"Even Germans Laugh"
"According to reports trenches full of dead were left in its wake when the occupants of trenches tried to hold their ground and did not surrender or fly from its approach."
"Yet, destructive as the fire of the 'tanks' was, many German prisoners began laughing when recalling the first glimpse of them, while the British, as a result of the fact that these groteque comrades went into the charge, are laughing and rejoicing over the day's victory. The 'tanks' have added an element of humor which put the army, through all its ranks, into a festive mood."

Don't know about you, but tanks never cease to crack me up, especially when they're pulverizing my trench buddies.
Or maybe trench warfare was sooo bad that anything counted for entertainment at that point.

Traveling Forts Trundle On, Smashing Lines of Germans
Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Sep 17, 1916. p. 3 (1 page)